Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Cotswold wildlife park & gardens 2021

Well, despite the huge number of visitors, the place was a delight. I had to skip a few bits due to the time lost queueing to get in, but all in all, I’m still pleased I went. However, I’ll pass on peak holiday weeks next time, and I’ll happily pass that tip along.

ultimately temptation got the better of me. It’s been a long time :-)
 
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Visited over the weekend for the first time in a few years. The rhino house has a new addition with Ruby having given birth, i believe since my last visit they have built a second house for the rhinos down by little Africa.

0.01 zebra has also been born
 
matthew said:
Visited over the weekend for the first time in a few years. The rhino house has a new addition with Ruby having given birth, i believe since my last visit they have built a second house for the rhinos down by little Africa.

0.01 zebra has also been born
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1/ the new female rhino calf is called Molly. She is 4 weeks old.
2/ the gundi have moved to the restaurant enclosure in place of the hyrax.
3/ the white napped cranes have a chick. Unfortunately the female died but the male has successfully reared it.
4/ amazed to see 5 Dik diks in the Little Africa section.
5/ gardens looked wonderful as always!
 
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I visited yesterday (6/10) and (as always) had an amazing visit. I genuinely love CWP as it ticks a lot of boxes for me, and anywhere with a substantial rodent collection is always going to pique my interest.

Something I haven't seen mentioned is the Arabian Rock Hyrax have gone from the restaraunt but have been replaced by the Gundis from Little Africa. It was absolutely fantastic watching them scamper around and they seemed to be making good use of the enclosure. Their former exhibit now has Neuman's Grass Rats in. Also not seen this mentioned either but the Forest Dormice have gone from the bats building and the exhibit is completely boarded up, still got the Jirds, Hopping Mice and Spiny Mice in there though so all is not lost.

Highlights of the visit were all the rodents, spotting the lone Hammer-headed Bat with ease (right by the window with two Straw-coloured, making ID a piece of cake), the baby Rhino, Great Bustards (forgot they had them so unexpected lifer!), and active Sifakas.

I recommend anyone who hasn't visited before to do so, and if you have time to spare then Crocodiles Of The World and Birdland aren't exactly far away either. We doubled it up with the latter and had ample time at both collections, also Birdland is just as charming as CWP even if it doesn't hold the rarities it used to do.
 
Brum said:
I visited yesterday (6/10) and (as always) had an amazing visit. I genuinely love CWP as it ticks a lot of boxes for me, and anywhere with a substantial rodent collection is always going to pique my interest.

Something I haven't seen mentioned is the Arabian Rock Hyrax have gone from the restaraunt but have been replaced by the Gundis from Little Africa. It was absolutely fantastic watching them scamper around and they seemed to be making good use of the enclosure. Their former exhibit now has Neuman's Grass Rats in. Also not seen this mentioned either but the Forest Dormice have gone from the bats building and the exhibit is completely boarded up, still got the Jirds, Hopping Mice and Spiny Mice in there though so all is not lost.

Highlights of the visit were all the rodents, spotting the lone Hammer-headed Bat with ease (right by the window with two Straw-coloured, making ID a piece of cake), the baby Rhino, Great Bustards (forgot they had them so unexpected lifer!), and active Sifakas.

I recommend anyone who hasn't visited before to do so, and if you have time to spare then Crocodiles Of The World and Birdland aren't exactly far away either. We doubled it up with the latter and had ample time at both collections, also Birdland is just as charming as CWP even if it doesn't hold the rarities it used to do.
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@Brum did you see the Lioness Sisters who were bound for Paignton Zoo? I am asking because they were supposed to arrive at Paignton many months ago. I was hoping that during your visit you may have seen them or found out why they never got to Paignton? I think the Lioness’s should arrive ASAP because it is far from ideal to have Yali solitary at Paignton. Not only are Lions a sociable species but Yali is fit healthy and the prime age for breeding. On top of this Astatic Lions are becoming increasingly rare being found only in the Gir Forest. This factor means that holding a lone specimen is detrimental to the conservation of Asiatic Lion’s worldwide.
 
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@Brum did you see the Lioness Sisters who were bound for Paignton Zoo? I am asking because they were supposed to arrive at Paignton many months ago. I was hoping that during your visit you may have seen them or found out why they never got to Paignton? I think the Lioness’s should arrive ASAP because it is far from ideal to have Yali solitary at Paignton. Not only are Lions a sociable species but Yali is fit healthy and the prime age for breeding. On top of this Astatic Lions are becoming increasingly rare being found only in the Gir Forest. This factor means that holding a lone specimen is detrimental to the conservation of Asiatic Lion’s worldwide.
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Only saw two lions, one male and one female so I don't know what's going on there, sorry.
 
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